End of Summer Break in Pennsport
After three years away, even my favorite playgrounds are fuzzy memories. I don't remember exactly where they are or exactly what they are, and I no longer have a smart phone, so mornings the kids and I want to go exploring, I sit at my laptop with my cup of coffee writing names and addresses on a piece of paper, and then we're off. It was in this haze that I sat down to find a playground that was outside the River Wards area and that had both playground things and green things. Overall, every time my kids get older parenting gets better for me. I like when everyone walks and gets their own glass of water. But what I do miss is having kids who were perfectly satisfied with going to a plain old square instead of needing a playground. Philadelphia has a number of squares, some super groomed and posh, and others more modest, and some pretty run-down, but I like the feel of a square, even if it doesn't have any play equipment. When my kids were small, all I'd need was
